Without a first-round pick in this morning's Canadian Hockey League import draft, Lorne Molleken will just kick back and relax.

"We'll just kind of watch it from a distance to see what other teams do," Molleken said, "but we won't be involved at all this year."

The Blades won't have one of the 60 first-round selections when the draft begins at 7 a.m. local time.

Their original pick - 35th overall - was sent to the Brandon Wheat Kings in January 2011 as part of a trade that brought centre Brayden Schenn to Saskatoon for the remainder of the 201011 WHL season.

Their only pick in the two-round draft is 98th overall but, because the team has committed its two import roster spots to left-winger Matej Stransky and goaltender Andrey Makarov, they cannot make the selection.

Stransky, from Ostrava, Czech Republic, led the Blades in scoring last season with 39 goals and 81 points - good for 19th in the WHL. He was selected by Saskatoon 61st overall in the 2010 import draft.

Makarov, from Kazan, Russia, was the Blades' team MVP last season after going 29-21-1-1 with a 3.01 goalsagainst average, a .913 save percentage and two shutouts.